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Old January 4th, 2004 #2
markrivers
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Well, it's a song about the Nativity, so I doubt it. In fact, according to the obituary of Noel Regney (the song's co-author), he...

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...was drafted into the Nazi army despite being a Frenchman. He
soon deserted and joined a group of French resistance fighters. While
still with the Germans, he once intentionally led his platoon toward a
group of French partisans and was shot.
Regney and his wife, Gloria Shayne wrote that and other songs together, and Regney co-wrote "Dominique-a-nique-a-nique" with the Singing Nun. (One November night a couple of years ago, while listening to an oldies countdown show, I learned that the latter song was #1 the day Kennedy was shot, edging out "Louie, Louie". Creepy.)

Lyrics here.

Last edited by markrivers; January 4th, 2004 at 11:37 PM.